Purcell Auctioneers: Timed Book Auction - Antiquarian, Modern Literary, Signed Editions etc. etc.., 601579, Birr

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Auction Date
January 05, 2026 - January 05, 2026
Page Size: 462 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Eric Shipton.

The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition, 1951

 London: 1952 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
52

An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century In Which the Rise, Progress, and Variations of Church Power are Considered in Their Connexion with the State of Learning and Philosophy and

1823 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
53 John McGahern

Memoir

2005 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 129.98
54

Folkstone Ritual Case. Judgement of the Lords of Privy Council in Ridsdale V. Clifton in May 1877 and Commonwealth of Virginia Versus Ritchie Jnr. 1846

 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 EUR 12.87
55 M J Mac Manus

Irish Booklets/Pamphlets: Thomas Davis Nation Builder

EUR 15.00 - 30.00 EUR 19.30
56

The Diocese of Limerick from 1691 to the Present Time Begley, Archdeacon John

Dublin 1938 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 EUR 20.59
57 Synge, J. M. Edited by R. Skelton

Riders to the Sea. from the Manuscript in Harvard University with five Linocuts in Colour

1969 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 65.63
58 McMaster, W. A.

History of Motorsport in Ireland 1903-1969.

EUR 10.00 - 30.00 EUR 27.02
59

McGahern John Memoir, 2005, first edition, fine in dust jacket

 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
60 W. P. Kinsella.

Scars: Stories

Canada 1978 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
61

Godey's Lady's Book, alternatively known as Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book,

 Philadelphia 1868 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
62 C. P. Curran.

James Joyce Remembered.

 1968 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 EUR 38.61
63

The Grand Race Game

 1880 EUR 10.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
64

Dublin's Fighting Story.1916-1921.

EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 42.47
65 Rev, George Crabbe

The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith. With a Biographical Memoir of the Author. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. There is no title page (as issued) but believed c.1850. with several sub title pages incl. The Borough, A Poem

EUR 15.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
66 Frederick Kearney

Irish Related: Industry and False Pride A Treatise Addressed to Irishmen At Home and Abroad

c1857 EUR 10.00 - 40.00 EUR 12.87
67

Irish Interest: Marx & Engels on Ireland

 1971 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 25.74
68

The History of Modern Europe. With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 118.39
69 Peter Taylor

Beating the Terrorists

EUR 15.00 - 30.00 EUR 59.20
70 YEATS, William Butler

W B Yeats: Four Plays For Dancers

New York 1921 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
71 Seamus Heaney.

A Bibliography 1959-2003

2008 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
72 O'Brien, Edna.

Down by The Water.

1996 EUR 20.00 - 40.00 EUR 25.74
73 John Boyne --

A ladder to the Sky,

2018 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 EUR 19.30
74

Elegant Extracts: or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons. Vols. I & II comprising Books

 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
75 Somerville & Ross: Collis, M.

Somerville & Ross. A Biography

 1968 EUR 15.00 - 30.00 EUR 19.30
  • <b><center>Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Balthus, Emily Brontë. <i>Wuthering Heights,</i> New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Charles Dickens. <i>Complete Works,</i> Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Winston Churchill. First edition of <i>War Speeches,</i> Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. <i>Holy Cats</i> First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115: The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books Thursday, 5th March, 2026 <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (AMERICA). COLLOT, GEORGES H. VICTOR. <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique Septentrionale…,</i> Paris, 1826 (but printed 1804/5). $60,000 to $90,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (INCUNABLE). SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. <i>Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg,</i> Anton Koberger, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ENTOMOLOGY). MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA. <i>Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium,</i> Amsterdam, 1719. $40,000 to $60,000. <b><center>Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:<br>The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland<br>Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books<br>Thursday, 5th March, 2026</center></b> <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM JANZOON. <>Le Flambeau de la Navigation…,</i> Amsterdam, 1620. $40,000 to $60,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ATLAS). MERCATOR, GERARD. <i>L'Atlas ou Méditations Cosmographiques de la fabrique du monde et Figure diceluy,</i> Amsterdam, 1613. $30,000 to $50,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ORNITHOLOGY). GOULD, JOHN. <i>The Birds of Great Britain,</i> London, (1862-)73. First edition. $30,000 to $50,000. <b><center>Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:<br>The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland<br>Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books<br>Thursday, 5th March, 2026</center></b> <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM & JOHANNES. <i>Appendix Theatri A. Ortelii et Atlantis G. Mercatoris…,</i> Amsterdam, 1631. $30,000 to $50,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. <i>Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis,</i> Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (BOTANY). WEINNMANN, JOHANN WILHELM. <i>Duidelyke Vertoning, Eeniger Duizend in alle vier waerelds deelen wassende…,</i> Amsterdam, 1739-48. $20,000 to $30,000. <b><center>Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:<br>The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland<br>Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books<br>Thursday, 5th March, 2026</center></b> <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ENGLAND). KIP, JOHANNES. <i>Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne,</i> London, 1714-16. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. <i>Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis,</i> Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Kestenbaum, Mar. 5:</b> (ARCHITECTURE). PIRANESI, GIOVANNI. (Miscellaneous). <i>Prima parte di architetture e prospettive,</i> (Paris, circa 1800). $12,000 to $18,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115: The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (AMERICA). COLLOT, GEORGES H. VICTOR. Voyage dans l'Amérique Septentrionale…, Paris, 1826 (but printed 1804/5). $60,000 to $90,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (INCUNABLE). SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ENTOMOLOGY). MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA. Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium, Amsterdam, 1719. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM JANZOON. <>Le Flambeau de la Navigation…, Amsterdam, 1620. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). MERCATOR, GERARD. L'Atlas ou Méditations Cosmographiques de la fabrique du monde et Figure diceluy, Amsterdam, 1613. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ORNITHOLOGY). GOULD, JOHN. The Birds of Great Britain, London, (1862-)73. First edition. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ATLAS). BLAEU, WILLEM & JOHANNES. Appendix Theatri A. Ortelii et Atlantis G. Mercatoris…, Amsterdam, 1631. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis, Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (BOTANY). WEINNMANN, JOHANN WILHELM. Duidelyke Vertoning, Eeniger Duizend in alle vier waerelds deelen wassende…, Amsterdam, 1739-48. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Kestenbaum & Company Sale 115:
    The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland
    Featuring: Travel, Atlases, Natural History, Science, Medicine and Fine Color-Plate Books
    Thursday, 5th March, 2026
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ENGLAND). KIP, JOHANNES. Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne, London, 1714-16. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ASTRONOMY). DOPPELMAYR, JOHANN GABRIEL. Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis, Nuremberg, 1742. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Kestenbaum, Mar. 5: (ARCHITECTURE). PIRANESI, GIOVANNI. (Miscellaneous). Prima parte di architetture e prospettive, (Paris, circa 1800). $12,000 to $18,000.